Well, the altered dose of insulin is working out well – no low blood sugar episodes since I cut back from 30 to 26 units in the morning. Now we’ll see how that changes with intense exercise. I do my free weights in the morning, and about an hour of walking a day, but if […]
As regular readers know, I’ve struggled with coming to terms with my weight for a long time. I’m always thinking I should be smaller. Even when I realized what a benefit it was to be 5’9″ and pushing 200 lbs (if you know how to hold yourself, people get out of your way), I still
Scalzi, on framing arguments against the same-sex marriage ban, instead of accepting the anti-gay-rhetoric of the right and engaging on their terms: 1. Same-sex marriage already exists in the United States. It has for two years. The definition of marriage in the US already includes members of the same sex marrying each other. 2. By
Suggested Rules for Non-Transsexuals Writing about Transsexuals, Transsexuality, Transsexualism, or Trans— (via the most awesome Mistress Krista)
Good stuff. Though I’m wondering where, exactly, all the women’s voices are. I know they didn’t all die passively in wars. The one-voice-of-the-ten who may be a woman talks about her servant going off to war. WTF? Regender! Regender!
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He fights pirates. Also, McNinja vs. McDonalds. (via Hal)
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“Lately, I’ve been thinking about craft and how storytelling relates to social and cultural norms and values. One thing that both amuses and troubles me is the idea that when a story is told from the male perspective, it’s considered universal, yet when a story is told from a female perspective, it’s somehow particular to
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“I have done several abortions on women who have regularly picketed my clinics, including a 16 year old schoolgirl who came back to picket the day after her abortion, about three years ago. During her whole stay at the clinic, we felt that she was not quite right, but there were no real warning bells.
For those interested, Laura Quilter and Liz Henry have put together a Feminist SF group blog. Why, yes, I’m one of the contributers. I will be posting soonish (give me a little more time to sort my laundry). And won’t that be interesting?